So I decided to be slightly less lazy and do a news article since for some odd reason Moddb isn't showing the mod as having been updated for four years, new article on the summary page should fix that little detail...
Bug fixes! Also, some other stuff, but the big thing is I haven't been able to crash the mod for a while, added some new content after hundreds of hours without crashing, fixed the new crash I added fixing a vanilla sins problem(shoulda quit while I was ahead, right?) and did a whole bunch more testing, still crash free, yay!
More details on the download page, geriatric mod update complete, psycho out.
This release fully incorporates the Minor Factions DLC, with numerous new features along side a roster of custom minor factions.
This version is for Rebellion 1.92. It fixes issues with the neutral starbases.
Dragoclaw and the gang spend six hours in an epic struggle to redeem their past failures to defeat the Borg menace.
Sacrifice of Angels 2 has released new version for Rebellion and Diplomacy/Trinity.
Full version for Rebellion Version 1.98. This version features expanded neutral factions, and numerous fixes, including resolution of known crashes.
This is a bug fix patch for the Sacrifice of Angels 2 0.9R release. Primary fixes: Map incompatibility issues with DLC planets used in maps created with...
Full version for Rebellion Version 1.94. This version features fully integrated feature sets for the last two DLC. Use Minor Factions to your advantage...
Full version for Rebellion 1.92. Neutral starbases should actually be fixed now.
Hotfix for stupid mistake in the 0.8.2 Update. This is what happens when you're just not smart enough for your own work. It's a great tragedy.
This is the full version of SOA2 for Rebellion 1.92. This version fixes problems with neutral starbases not triggering their buff chains properly.
I'm in the final rounds of testing on a new release, should be uploading a completely crash free version of soa2 in the next couple days.
After vast quantities of bug hunting in this mod and others, I've managed to figure out multiple ways to crash the game, and came up with a hopefully fool proof work around to the solitary remaining issue after correcting every logic flaw in the mod, using CreateFrigate on a planet to switch ownership to the holder. After every possible mechanism to avoid firing on an unowned planet simply failed spectacularly as a result of things just flat continuing to run after their conditions aren't valid, I gave planets temporary bombing immunity for a few seconds at the problematic points...
So yeah, no crashes in quite a while.
And it's posted.
Hello all! Long time no see. 11 years sure has gone quickly. Im glad to see psychoak is still updating the mod after all these years. It was a pleasure to be part of the SOA2 team, it brings back fantastic memories of me playing this game in 2013. Sadly, the Harvb0tCentralGam1ng youtube channel was shut down in ~2015 however it is nice to hear my old childlike voice again
Heh, four years isn't exactly recently, but I do have an update in progress when I get around to finishing it...
Hey, I'm making a submod for another submod of STA3, and I am wanting to ask your permission to use some of the meshes from your mod, particularly the Miranda and maybe some Pirates.
will Yall be making the mod Caompatible with Sins of a Solar Empire II upon its release
With the age of the engine in mind, I would be extremely surprised if mod compatibility were a simple matter.
If the unimaginable were to take place and some relatively minor work were needed to port the mod, I'd have that knocked out shortly after release.
I wouldn't expect anything to be compatible though, a total rebuild with 20 year old graphics assets is likely what would be entailed. Not happening unless someone else makes it happen. Somewhere inbetween? I wouldn't bet on me being that industrious, X1 requires a certain lack of sanity to even look at, let alone alter for an engine code rewrite, but if someone else were crazy enough to do it, they'd have my blessing.
Star Trek Armada III's recent final release has brought me back to this game, and looking back I remember this amazing mod too, which is now version 0.9.1R. It's been a while since the last update, any plans for the full version 1.0 anytime soon?
That would be... misleading.
This is almost certainly the final version of SOA2. Someone else would have to come in and take up the project, the original plans of people involved in the graphical side of things have all but entirely failed to happen. Real life and whatnot.
For a 1.0 to come into being, those plans to create new assets and other artwork would need to come about. Code wise, this is more of a 3.1, as I completed all planned entity work and feature development when I fully implemented X1 several years ago. The successive feature additions were spurred by DLC, or random ideas while working to implement patch changes.
Is there a full Universe map available, or one where as federation I start on earth?
If you go to the Fortune Favors the Bold map under the large maps you can play a pretty decent full universe. Starting locations are tricky though. Player 1 always starts at Bajor. But if you figure out the starting planets for the other players you can set up your game so that immediately after beginning, you throw down a save, then reload it as a different player. So you can effectively start wherever you want.
Little bit tedious, but it was worth it for me. I've had a lot of fun on that map.
This isn't really that kind of game. Such efforts were abandoned by people upon the discovery that you can't do fixed starting points and preload a map setup with the factions in the right spots.
There are a couple old maps people did with planets placed according to various Trek maps, not even sure they still work either, but you'll only get the full mod experience from randoms, which include all the added special functions like X Class planets.